WO2005111893A3 - Methods and apparatuses for geographic area selections in pay-per-call advertisement - Google Patents

Methods and apparatuses for geographic area selections in pay-per-call advertisement Download PDF

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WO2005111893A3
WO2005111893A3 PCT/US2005/015631 US2005015631W WO2005111893A3 WO 2005111893 A3 WO2005111893 A3 WO 2005111893A3 US 2005015631 W US2005015631 W US 2005015631W WO 2005111893 A3 WO2005111893 A3 WO 2005111893A3
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geographic area
advertiser
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Ebbe Altberg
Marc Barach
Scott Faber
Michael Fordyce
Ron Hirson
John Somorjai
Der Linden Sean Van
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Utbk Inc
Ebbe Altberg
Marc Barach
Scott Faber
Michael Fordyce
Ron Hirson
John Somorjai
Der Linden Sean Van
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Priority claimed from US10/872,117 external-priority patent/US8024224B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/014,073 external-priority patent/US7424442B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/021,939 external-priority patent/US8027878B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/095,853 external-priority patent/US8121898B2/en
Application filed by Utbk Inc, Ebbe Altberg, Marc Barach, Scott Faber, Michael Fordyce, Ron Hirson, John Somorjai, Der Linden Sean Van filed Critical Utbk Inc
Priority to EP05742334A priority Critical patent/EP1754187A4/en
Publication of WO2005111893A2 publication Critical patent/WO2005111893A2/en
Publication of WO2005111893A3 publication Critical patent/WO2005111893A3/en

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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G06Q30/02—Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses to connect telephone calls and track information about the telephone calls for geographic area based advertisements. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving an indication of a target geographic area of an advertisement for an advertiser having a telephone number, the advertisement including one of: a telephone number assigned to the advertiser and a reference to the telephone number assigned to the advertiser; and providing the advertisement for delivery to users of interest in the target geographic area, the advertiser billed for the advertisement based on telephonic connections made to the telephone number of the advertiser through the telephone number assigned to the advertiser.
PCT/US2005/015631 2004-05-04 2005-05-04 Methods and apparatuses for geographic area selections in pay-per-call advertisement WO2005111893A2 (en)

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US65815604P 2004-05-04 2004-05-04
US10/872,117 2004-06-17
US10/872,117 US8024224B2 (en) 2004-03-10 2004-06-17 Method and apparatus to provide pay-per-call advertising and billing
US11/014,073 2004-12-15
US11/014,073 US7424442B2 (en) 2004-05-04 2004-12-15 Method and apparatus to allocate and recycle telephone numbers in a call-tracking system
US11/021,939 2004-12-23
US11/021,939 US8027878B2 (en) 2003-10-06 2004-12-23 Method and apparatus to compensate demand partners in a pay-per-call performance based advertising system
US65366105P 2005-02-16 2005-02-16
US60/653,661 2005-02-16
US60/658,156 2005-03-04
US11/095,853 2005-03-30
US11/095,853 US8121898B2 (en) 2003-10-06 2005-03-30 Methods and apparatuses for geographic area selections in pay-per-call advertisement

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